WHAT IT IS: With nearly 60m streams on Spotify and a single climbing on the Triple A charts, rising singer/songwriter Noah Kahan recently released his debut EP, Hurt Somebody. Produced by Joel Little (Khalid, Lorde), the five-song EP includes Kahan’s most-recent single and title track, “Hurt Somebody,” which features two-time Grammy nominee Julia Michaels. The talented newcomer was recently announced as one of Bandsintown’s “Top 5 Fastest Growing New Artists.” ALBUM:HurtSomebody (EP) RELEASE DATE: 1/12 SINGLE: “Hurt Somebody” w/Julia Michaels TV: Recent appearance on ColbertLIVE: Currently on tour supporting George Ezra; previously performed and toured with Anderson East, The Strumbellas, Milky Chance, Ben Folds and LP INTERNET: Breaking in Australia—peaked at #1 Shazam, reached Top 5 airplay, peaked #2 iTunes, went #29 on Spotify chart; 19m+ single streams on Spotify RADIO: Chartbound at Top 40 and Hot AC; leaders include SiriusXM The Pulse, WTMX, KLLC, KIMN, KHTI, WBZZ, WOMX, KZPT, KEZR, WVMX PRESS: Billboard (“The latest track is more scaled back with just a muted guitar melody and stomping rhythm, but it allows the songwriter to showcase his ability to blend mature themes with a folk-pop twist”), Audio Fuzz (“Noah Kahan has one of the voices, like Angel Olsen, in which it sounds like his heart is singing rather than his mouth”), Baeble (“If Hozier & Mumford & Sons had a baby, the result would be Noah Kahan”) BOOKING: Joe Atamian, Jonathan Adelman/Paradigm PUBLISHING:Sony/ATV MANAGEMENT: Drew Simmons, Ryan Langlois/Foundations